Abina Alberta: The water protectors are back: the battle against Lousiana's pipeline

Abina Alberta

The water protectors are back: the battle against Lousiana's pipeline Jan 16th 2019, 11:30, by Vanessa Angel Activists fight to stop construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline, which endangers an ecosystem that is one of the most important bird habitats in the western hemisphere Deep within the humid green heart of the largest river swamp in North America, a battle is being waged over the future of the most precious resource of all: water. On one side of the conflict is a small band of rugged and ragtag activists led by Indigenous matriarchs. On the other side is the relentless machinery of the fossil fuel industry and all of its might. And at the center of the struggle is the Atchafalaya river, a 135 mile-long distributary of the Mississippi River that empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading... from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2TQQM9z

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